Newman Catholic College
About Newman Catholic College
Newman Catholic College is a boys’ secondary school in the London borough of Brent, a local authority where 8 of its 18 secondary schools hold an Outstanding Ofsted rating. The school itself is rated Good, and sits within a competitive local landscape. Among its top-performing peers in Brent are Michaela Community School, Wembley High Technology College, and JFS, all of which rank higher on the available scoring measure. The nearest Outstanding-rated school to Newman is Michaela Community School, located 3.8 kilometres away. As a Roman Catholic state school for boys aged 11 to 19, it serves 677 pupils under headteacher Andrew Dunne. Its position in Brent places it within a diverse and academically ambitious area, where the average Progress 8 score across the local authority stands at 0.73 — a figure well above the national average, suggesting strong overall performance among Brent secondaries.
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Extracurriculars
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